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Heritage Chicken and the Keel Bone
  • Oct 29, 2021
Heritage Chicken and the Keel Bone

Our Heritage breed chickens are unlike what you may very well be used to: they taste different from supermarket chickens, they look different, and even need to be cooked differently (low and slow) to bring out their wonderfully intense, natural chicken flavor. The keel bone stands out as an example of how a Heritage chicken stands apart from its supermarket counterparts. Prominently extending from the sternum, the keel bone offers a sturdy point for the wing muscles to attach to. But this bone is much more pronounced on Heritage birds

The Values Guiding Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch
  • Oct 9, 2020
The Values Guiding Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch

We applaud Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch’s Frank Reese Ranch for putting into words the values that inspire him to continue to preserve endangered poultry breeds poultry.  Here are the values that guide his practice.

A Brief History of Heritage Turkeys
  • Sep 5, 2020
A Brief History of Heritage Turkeys

2020 News and Updates from Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch
  • Jul 6, 2020
2020 News and Updates from Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch

Our Top Five Cooking Tips for the Best Heritage Turkey
  • Oct 28, 2019
Our Top Five Cooking Tips for the Best Heritage Turkey

Life on Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch
  • Sep 3, 2019
Life on Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch

What Our Customers Are Saying
  • Dec 14, 2018
What Our Customers Are Saying

Every year we are proud as pie when the reviews from our customers come pouring in! It’s not just professional chefs and restaurants who are celebrating the flavor of our Heritage Turkey’s from the Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch, it is Mr. and Mrs. America, regular folks of every stripe who enjoy eating the very best turkeys in the world.

The 2018 Poults are Hatching!
  • Apr 17, 2018
The 2018 Poults are Hatching!

Farmer Frank Reese is busy at Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch hatching the first poults of the 2018 heritage turkey season. See below for scenes from the farm!